“…A large number of review articles (2)(3)(4)(5), critical and theoretical discussions (6)(7)(8), books (9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16), and conference proceedings (17)(18)(19)(20)(21) dealing with the origin of have appeared in recent years. In addition, a new serial, the Journal of Molecular Evolution, publishing papers on this and related subjects, appeared in 1971; the journal Space Life Sciences has been renamed Origins of Life," and a society, the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life, was recently founded.…”